Tonight, the vanilla and warm baking spices were a bit more pronounced, no doubt because of a variety of food it was accompanying. You can really appreciate the way the oak compliments the cherry and chocolate core of the wine.
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Smooth and excellently balanced. Red fruit juice. Toasty sugar flavors like overdone sugar cookies with vanilla and warm spice. Gentle cherry and milk chocolate on the finish. Marvelous.
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Medium ruby, blackberry, blueberry, eucalyptus, vanilla, spice, plum, fig, smooth, moderate tannin, low acid, personally I would drink on the early side and enjoy in its youth. 90
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I thought this wine was spectacular despite a tough vintage. In a blind tasting i might mistake for Paulliac. Great nose that balances tar, charcoal with great dark berries. Great balance on the palate with a 15-20 second finish. I didn't decant. I think this wine would warrant a higher score even than a 93, but i do question its ability to age gracefully in such a tough vintage.
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11/8/2020 - OldHick95 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Tonight, the vanilla and warm baking spices were a bit more pronounced, no doubt because of a variety of food it was accompanying. You can really appreciate the way the oak compliments the cherry and chocolate core of the wine.
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8/29/2020 - OldHick95 wrote: 93 Points
Smooth and excellently balanced. Red fruit juice. Toasty sugar flavors like overdone sugar cookies with vanilla and warm spice. Gentle cherry and milk chocolate on the finish. Marvelous.
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6/17/2017 - tb76 wrote:
Medium ruby, blackberry, blueberry, eucalyptus, vanilla, spice, plum, fig, smooth, moderate tannin, low acid, personally I would drink on the early side and enjoy in its youth. 90
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1/1/2016 - ScottPreston wrote: 93 Points
I thought this wine was spectacular despite a tough vintage. In a blind tasting i might mistake for Paulliac. Great nose that balances tar, charcoal with great dark berries. Great balance on the palate with a 15-20 second finish. I didn't decant. I think this wine would warrant a higher score even than a 93, but i do question its ability to age gracefully in such a tough vintage.
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5/28/2015 - Achim wrote:
A nice treat after a long trip.
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